Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Kanon, Elizabeth Peisinger
URN	etd-08092006-162936
Title	Stipulating Moral Status
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Philosophy, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Peter Dalton Committee Chair Aline Kalbian Committee Member Maria Morales Committee Member
Keywords	Moral Consideration Moral Worth Ethics Moral Treatment
Date of Defense	2006-08-04
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Moral worth is determined by moral agents. How is such a determination made? Western philosophical thought originally demarcated between human and all else. Some contemporary writers seek to extend moral worth to animals, and still others seek to grant ecosystems such worth. This dissertation will consider three predominant writers on the subject of moral worth: Immanuel Kant, Tom Regan and Peter Singer. After consideration of each writer’s strengths and weaknesses, a hybrid view will be presented. The perfect-relationship view extends moral worth to all species. This view utilizes the strengths of Kant, Regan and Singer; as well as, adapting literature of J. Baird Callicott and Emile Durkheim to provide a pragmatic approach to determining moral worth.
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